White House Rejects House Committee Request Into Security Clearance Processes

President Donald Trump stops to talk to the media about the shooting in a California synagogue as he makes his way to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House as he travels to Green Bay Wisconsin for a campaign rally in Washington on April 27, 2019. Pete Marovich/Getty Images

The Trump administration has rejected a Democratic-led House committee’s request for information concerning security clearance processes and background documents for White House staff, according to a May 1 letter obtained by The Epoch Times.

The nine-page letter, penned by White House counsel Pat Cipollone, explains to House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, (D-Md.) who is leading the probe, why there is no “legitimate need” for access to such protected documents, arguing it presents a “total disregard for individual privacy.”